The Forest of Hope

Walkthrough: The Forest of Hope

You're first order of business when landing here is going to be to open the latticed fence with your Pikmin. The more Pikmin you put on the job, the faster it will go. You may want to take the time first though to cut down the few flowers in the area and to take your Pikmin to the grassy areas so that they can upgrade themselves to flower heads.

The next thing you want to get is the Eternal Fuel Dynamo. However, it is going to take 40 Pikmin, so you're going to need to make a few more first. this is fine, since it is always a good idea to clear out all the predators between any part and your ship. You should kill at least the three little red beetles. If necessary, carry back the 10 Pellet and some flowers to get at least 40 Pikmin.

After returning the Eternal Fuel Dynamo, get your Pikmin to work on the second latticed gate (after killing the big beetle of course). After getting through the gate, you will need to battle a couple of beetles. After defeating them, look around the area to find the Yellow Onion.

If you're quick enough, you should be able to use the yellow Pikmin to bomb the gate near the Yellow Onion. The Whimsical Radar is on a ledge on the other side of the gate and is undoubtedly the best part in the game because it will give you access to a useful map detailing the location of the items.

Further along the pass where you found the Yellow Onion and the radar, lies the Extraordinary Bolt. It is to the Northeast of the ship. You will need 30 Pikmin to carry it and plenty of yellow Pikmin to do bomb duty. The bolt is behind a dark colored gate that will take 9 bombs to take down. In addition the ground in front of the gate is crawling with little predators, so bring plenty of Pikmin to attack the little burrowing creatures. Once you get the gate open, the bolt is all yours.

To the East of where you found the bolt, there is another latticed gate. Destroy the gate, and you should find the Nova Blaster up ahead. Unfortunately there's quite a few predators in your way, and you're going to have to kill them all to get the Nova Blaster safely back to the ship.

At some point, make sure you bomb the gate in the area where you start. this will give you much easier access to the Northern parts of the map.

To get the Shock Absorber, follow the pass all the way around to the East. You will come to a ledge upon which you can throw your Pikmin. Once they are all up on the ledge, you must go back through the starting area and then out what used to be the latticed gate. Directly to the East is a small pool with a ramp on the other side. Olimar can wade through the water and climb up the ramp to go meet the Pikmin he left on the ledge. Now you will have access to the Shock Absorber, but make sure you kill the big bad beetle first.

You should now have enough parts to land at The Forest Navel. You probably shouldn't come back to The Forest of Hope until you have the blue Pikmin because all of the remaining parts are either easier to get with them or impossible without them.

To the South-Southeast of the Ship is theSagittarius. You will need the blue Pikmin to retrieve it. The Sagittarius is on the other side of a body of water. There is a pile of logs on the first side of the pool. Have your Pikmin use these logs to build a bridge to the island halfway across the pool. While the first bridge is being built, take your blue Pikmin across the pool to the land where the Sagittarius is located. You cannot throw them far enough to carry the Sagittarius yet, but you can throw them at the other pile of logs so that they will build a bridge to the same island the other group is building toward. Once both bridges are complete, you can lead your Pikmin right up to the Sagittarius and carry it home.

The Geiger Counter is directly South of the spaceship. You will need to bring along some blue and yellow Pikmin. The first obstacle is a gate that you can destroy with the nearby bombs using yellow Pikmin. The second obstacle is a box that you will have to use blue Pikmin to push. The box is sitting on top of a pass between two bodies of water. You can take the blue Pikmin into the water and from in the water throw them behind the box and as soon as there are ten of them at the box, they will push it. Once you're over the pass you will come to a clearing where you will quickly discover that you're among very hostile half-worm-half-bird creatures. The one fart he'st to the East is the one with the Geiger Counter, however all three birds will yield a lot of pellets if you kill them. Killing the bird with the Geiger Counter will make it appear and then you will be free to carry it back to your ship.

The final piece in The Forest of Hope is the Radiation Canopy. To the north of the ship there is a small pool with a latticed gate on the other side. You can use some blue Pikmin to break down this gate. Once you knock it down, you can lead your blue Pikmin up the bank and to another latticed gate. If you don't have a lot of blue Pikmin however, you can still get red and yellow Pikmin to the gate by throwing them on top of the ledge located to the Southwest of the gate. Since you are going to be encountering a large spider as soon as you get through the gate, it will be helpful to have a lot of Pikmin with you. The spider seems to have thick armor preventing Pikmin from doing any damage, and he spits out huge rolling boulders capable of taking out a significant number of Pikmin. One way to get the Radiation Canopy is to take about 100 Pikmin into the spider's area. Quickly assign 50 Pikmin to carry the canopy using the C Stick. Then using the other 50 and Olimar, try to distract the spider while the other Pikmin sneak the canopy out of the area. If you really want to kill the spider, here's how. Just before he spews out a boulder, he takes a big breath through the upper hole on his face. If you throw a Pikmin into that hole as he's inhaling the spider will be stunned and open the armored wings on his back. this will expose his soft body, and you can run around behind him and throw your Pikmin onto his back to kill him.